AMD A6-6310 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A6-6000 Broadcom BCM2711
• Family
  AMD A Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A72
• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.4 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  2 4
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  800 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R4 (Beema) Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 06/2019
• Shader
  128 64
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and AMD A6-6310. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 8192 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1866 SO-DIMM -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-6310 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  - 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-6310 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Cortex-A72
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 -
• L2-Cache
  - 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2014 06/2019
• Socket
  AM1 -
• Technology
  32 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None